Saturday, 12 April 2014

Teacher impregnates pupil, demands DNA tests

By Thandeka Moyo
A teacher at Majiji High School in
Matabeleland North reportedly had sexual intercourse with a pupil and
impregnated her and later asked her to conceal the matter.

Mxolisi
Mhlanga who was an Agriculture, Bible Knowledge and Divinity teacher
allegedly proposed love to the pupil, Tracey Ngwenya, 22 and had sex
with her many times in the school’s storeroom, in the bush and near a
river in Bubi. That was in 2012 when she was 20.

Mxolisi Mhlanga

The matter came to light when the pupil fell pregnant
and Mhlanga was suspended from the school. A partenity test however
showed Mhlanga was not the father, so he has approached the Labour Court
seeking to be re-instated. Judge Justice Mercy Moya-Matshanga heard the
case yesterday.

Taking the witness stand the pupil,
who now has a 11-month-old baby, said Mhlanga forced her to undergo a
DNA test when the child was three weeks old which was conducted by an
unidentified doctor in the city.

“I first met this man
in September 2012 on a weekend and he called me to his cottage and
proposed love. He did not even wait for me to respond but kissed me and
from that day we engaged in sexual intercourse until I fell pregnant. He
used to sleep with me anytime of the day in his storeroom, library or
even in the bush. We could not go to his cottage as his wife was there,”
said Ngwenya.

“At one time he licked my breasts and
told me I was pregnant. When my guardians took the matter to school, he
approached me and begged me to lie to save his job.

“I
did all he asked me to do and I wonder why he treats me like a mad
person telling this court that we were never in a sexual love
relationship,” she said.

The headmaster of Majiji,
Fisani Dube, also gave his testimony and alleged that Mhlanga had tried
to trick the girl into changing statements to save his job.

“The
girl’s guardians came to the school threatening to dump her and that is
when all hell broke loose. We conducted an investigation and after
following all procedures, Mhlanga was suspended for improper
association,” said Dube.

Mhlanga however told the
court that the pupil was making up statements as he was not the father
of the child. The trial continues with three more witness expected to
testify against Mhlanga.
The Chronicle